Do you think it's a good thing that there are millions of languages around the world?
- i think it is a funny thing, or it would be like having only one colour, or one flavour for all the food - quite boring, as you say.
I think it's a beautiful thing that shows how creative humans are- to come up with all these different ways of expressing ourselves. I think it's a bummer when you can't connect with someone because of a language barrier.
It would be boring so I'll take the challenges. (like there is a choice!)
Do you think it's a good thing that there are millions of languages around the world?
- i think it is a funny thing, or it would be like having only one colour, or one flavour for all the food - quite boring, as you say.
I think it's a beautiful thing that shows how creative humans are- to come up with all these different ways of expressing ourselves. I think it's a bummer when you can't connect with someone because of a language barrier.
It would be boring so I'll take the challenges. (like there is a choice!)
I've always loved how we all feel the same things, have the same feelings, and you just have to learn the way the others express these feelings, but in the end, different words, but all with the same feelings. I mean, we all know what love, smiles, tears, etc, are. we just use different words for these things but the feelings are the same. I like it, you learn another language, and you can communicate with another part of the world, and no matter how far these people are, you still understand each other. you still see that even though you never met these people, you can feel the same things.
I've always loved how we all feel the same things, have the same feelings, and you just have to learn the way the others express these feelings, but in the end, different words, but all with the same feelings. I mean, we all know what love, smiles, tears, etc, are. we just use different words for these things but the feelings are the same. I like it, you learn another language, and you can communicate with another part of the world, and no matter how far these people are, you still understand each other. you still see that even though you never met these people, you can feel the same things.
Well said ms. rain on the brain. One of the reasons I like this board is that it's fun to connect (even if just for a post or two) with someone very far from you. And you learn things, like coriander and cilantro are the same thing! I had no idea...
I've always loved how we all feel the same things, have the same feelings, and you just have to learn the way the others express these feelings, but in the end, different words, but all with the same feelings. I mean, we all know what love, smiles, tears, etc, are. we just use different words for these things but the feelings are the same. I like it, you learn another language, and you can communicate with another part of the world, and no matter how far these people are, you still understand each other. you still see that even though you never met these people, you can feel the same things.
Well said ms. rain on the brain. One of the reasons I like this board is that it's fun to connect (even if just for a post or two) with someone very far from you. And you learn things, like coriander and cilantro are the same thing! I had no idea...
I've always loved how we all feel the same things, have the same feelings, and you just have to learn the way the others express these feelings, but in the end, different words, but all with the same feelings. I mean, we all know what love, smiles, tears, etc, are. we just use different words for these things but the feelings are the same. I like it, you learn another language, and you can communicate with another part of the world, and no matter how far these people are, you still understand each other. you still see that even though you never met these people, you can feel the same things.
Well said ms. rain on the brain. One of the reasons I like this board is that it's fun to connect (even if just for a post or two) with someone very far from you. And you learn things, like coriander and cilantro are the same thing! I had no idea...
This is part of the wiki entry about coriander. There are even more names for it. And it talks about what I mentioned about that it just tastes bad to some people due to genetics:
The leaves are variously referred to as coriander leaves, cilantro (in the United States, from the Spanish name for the plant), dhania (in the Indian subcontinent, and increasingly in Britain). The leaves, and especially the stems, have a very different taste from the seeds, similar to parsley but "juicier" and with citrus-like overtones. Some people instead perceive an unpleasant "soapy" taste and/or a rank smell. This is believed to be a result of an enzyme that changes the way they taste coriander leaves, a genetic trait, but has yet to be fully researched
